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Compute

The machine’s processor: load, clock, temperature, power and the cache layout of each chiplet.

In its menuPinned in the bar
Opening the compute group from the Hardware menu The compute group pinned in the panel, then expanded

Compute: CPU

Pressing the compute row in the Hardware menu opens load, temperature, power and model.

Opening the compute group from the Hardware menu from the CPU reading

Compute: Model

The CPU model with its vendor logo, microarchitecture and caches.

Hovering the CPU model in the compute group

Compute: Other readings

These open from the same row and look like the readings above.

ReadingWhat it shows
ClockEach thread’s clock per chiplet, with the chiplet the scheduler prefers starred.
TemperatureThe hottest sensor, and the chip it is read from.
Cache preferenceOn dual-chiplet X3D parts, which chiplet the scheduler fills first; a click flips it.